#292 | Chess & The Cold War
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Chess and the Gold War - Episode 2
Since two thousand and 17 many foreign policy experts have argued that a new cold war is beginning. This time, the eastern power houses of china and russia are challenging the western might of america and europe. Chess is still a powerful metaphor for conflict, a point of comparison used by commentators and chess players alike in an eerily familiar echo of cold war thinking. The anti putin chess grand master garry kasparov tweeted in april, tenty 22, putin's war on ukraine is not chess. It's true, but it is black and white, good versus evil.
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